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ERC O'Brien's statement to the Security Council on Syria
Mr. President,
Thank you very much indeed. Where to start? It is with raw grief, with dismay, intense sadness, frustration, and an unquenchable anger at the excess of sheer and unbridled horror – way beyond even the apex of horror...

As a result of the August floods in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 138 people have been confirmed dead and 400 missing. Caused by Typhoon Liorock, the floods have also displaced some 69,000 people, severely affected another 150,000, and left as many as 600,000 in need of some form of...

A young girl working at the fish market in Tagal. Credit: OCHA/Ivo Brandau
Across the Lake Chad Basin, over 9 million people desperately need humanitarian aid due to conflict, and 6.3 million people lack sufficient nutrition.
This record number of people in extreme need is due to the combined...

The statistics are staggering: 60 per cent of preventable maternal deaths and 53 per cent of under-five deaths take place in crisis settings linked to conflict, natural disasters or forced displacement.
In 2010 the UN Secretary-General launched the ‘Every Women Every Child’ Initiative to...

Governments, regional organizations and humanitarian agencies today pledged a major increase in life-saving support to the millions of people affected by the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Lake Chad Basin.
Heeding the call of United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, at a high-level...